Has the speed of light decreased?

Hey Dien:

I went to uni with a guy called Paul Davies. He'd probably be in his mid to late thirties now. And he had light colored hair and a big nose. Same guy?

Anyway. From reading that, they never addressed the possibility that it's not an increase in electron charge but maybe more electrons in existence throughout space.

If space is accelerating apart... and as it does small particles pop into existence... and if those particles then add to the volume of space and push it apart some more... then, the more space moves apart the more these energy particles appear. In other words, there is more "stuff" in space and thus more "stuff" that light has to travel through.

The more stuff light travels through the slower it becomes, right?

Light travels at different speeds depending on what it's travelling through, doesn't it? Slower in water and glass, for instance.

So obviously, with more stuff to travel through, or have a gravitational effect on it, light should appear to be slightly slower.

As for seeing light... we can't, can we?

I mean, we can see what light shines on but not actual light - not with our own eyes.

And if we see different colors of the light spectrum, aren't we again merely just seeing the object the light is shining on?

So if light is slowing... and lets assume it is because of the increase in dark energy which means there's more stuff light has to travel through... then could that explain WHY the color of the universe has now changed from what it was believed to be?

In other words... scientists got the color right the first time... and this time... but they didn't realize it was due to a doppler affect.

Interesting.

Michael Ross


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